RW wrote:
On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:21:21 +0100
Chris Whitehouse <cwhi...@onetel.com> wrote:
RW wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:58:41 +0100
Chris Whitehouse <cwhi...@onetel.com> wrote:
I'll probably get flamed for this but since I've been using
ports-mgmt/portmanager I've almost forgotten
about /usr/ports/UPDATING and all that pkgdb -Fu stuff or whatever
it was. I've upgraded ports just by doing 'portmanager -u' over
one or two quite major changes and not had any problems that
haven't been down to an individual ports.
You still need to read UPDATING, portmanager handles some of the
issues automatically, but not all.
Not trolling but can you give me some examples?
Many of of the entries aren't solely to do with guiding
portmaster/portupgrade through the upgrade, they may also involve
migrating configuration or user data, or performing other
administrative tasks.
Portmanger does cope with most of the "portupgrade -o" and
"portupgrade -r" entries, although sometime it will need to be run (or
rerun) in pristine-mode.
just curious, do you know this because you know how they all work or
have you tried them. And how does portmaster fit in? Does it use the
same 'leaf-nodes first' algorithm as portmanager?
However, it doesn't always work correctly when software has been
repackaged because this can create temporary unrecorded conflicts
which are difficult for any tool to deal with. If you see any
instructions to remove packages before upgrading, it's prudent to follow
them.
Thanks, I'll pay more attention. Maybe I got lucky in the past.
Chris
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